Gold Smuggling Case : Kerala HC Single Bench Directs Listing Of Plea For CBI Probe Against Chief Minister As PIL

Sustaining the objections raised by the Registry, a single bench of the High Court of Kerala held on Thursday that a writ petition seeking CBI probe against the state's Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, in relation to the gold smuggling case, has to be treated as a 'Public Interest Litigation'.Accordingly, a single bench of Justice V G Arun directed the matter to be placed before the...

Women Lawyers Express Grave Concerns about Composition, Time Frame and Methodology Adopted by The Committee for Reforms in Criminal Law

Expressing their "concern" and "in fact anger" that there is not even a single woman on their National Level Committee for Reforms in Criminal Law, apart from it being totally non representative of minorities and other marginalised communities, women lawyers from across India have written to the Committee "It is essential that the Committee be expanded to include eminent women, Dalit,...

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case : Swapna Suresh Moves Kerala HC For Pre-Arrest Bail; Says 'No Connection With Smuggled Gold' [Read Application]

Apprehending arrest by the Customs Department in the case related to smuggling of 30 kilogram of gold through diplomatic cargo dispatched to UAE Consulate at Thrivananthapuram, Swapna Suresh, a woman associated with the Consulate General Office, has moved the High Court of Kerala seeking anticipatory bail.She has denied any connection or involvement with the case, which has snowballed into...

[AIBE- XIV] Plea In AP High Court Challenges Withholding Of Results of Bar Examination [Read Petition]

A petition relating to declaration of results of AIBE-XIV is pending before the Andhra Pradesh High Court, whereby a candidate is contesting withholding of his result by the Bar Council of India, "without any valid grounds". The plea was filed by Advocate Bilaal Ahmed Syed in March this year, aggrieved by the Council's decision to withhold the result of the only Examination Center in...

"Police Failed To Manage The Situation Appropriately": Gujarat HC Grants Bail To Migrant Workers Arrested For Uproar Over Delay In Return [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday granted bail to as many 25 migrant workers, arrested on charges of murder and dacoity, for their alleged clash with the police personnel on May 17 at Rajkot, over delay in their return to their native states. The bench of Justice Gita Gopi appreciated that the allegations made in the impugned complaint revealed that "sentiments of the migrant labourers were at...

Centre Publishes Draft Code On Wages (Central) Rules; Invites Objections & Suggestions From Public [Read Notification]

The Central Government has published a draft of Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2020, inviting objections and suggestions from the public. Code on Wages, 2019, which subsumes four existing laws on labour wages - the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 was passed by Parliament last year. The Code received...

'Registry Working Under Great Difficulty' : Karnataka HC CJ Reprimands Lawyer For Sending Rude Email Over Listing Of Case

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday reprimanded an advocate for sending a discourteous email to the registry over urgent listing of a case.Chief Justice Abhay S Oka asked the advocate to appear via video conferencing, and expressed strong displeasure at his conduct.Urging the lawyers to act with patience until normalcy is restored, Justice Oka tsaid "Let this message be conveyed to the...

Prima Facie Impugned Show Cause Notices Issued In Haste Without Jurisdiction; Bombay HC Stays 62 Notices Issued By MPCB To Textile Units In Non-Conforming Zone [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed a total of 62 show cause notices all dated May 18, 2020, issued to textile manufacturers by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for refusal of application for consent to operate under the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. Division bench of...

Ensure That There's No Encroachment In Sanjay Van, Delhi HC Directs DDA After Taking Suo Moto Cognisance [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Development Association to ensure that no encroachment takes place within the Sanjay Van by any person, for any purpose, and if any encroachment is existing or is made, the same should be removed without any delay. The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajneesh Bhatnagar also directed the Delhi Police to render all assistance to DDA...

Delhi HC Directs Centre To File Report On Steps Taken To Ensure Proper Functioning of DRTs and DRAT During Pandemic [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to submit a status report indicating the steps that are being taken by it for ensuring the proper functioning of the DRAT and DRTs during this present pandemic situation. The Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla has directed the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Information Technology & Electronics to submit...

Gujarat HC Refuses To Drop Dacoity Charges Against Anti-CAA Protestor For Allegedly Stopping A State Bus & Taking Away Its Keys [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Monday refused to drop criminal charge of Dacoity against Satish Pravinbhai Vansola, who was arrested in connection to anti-CAA protests in December 2019. The charge of Dacoity was added in the FIR against Vansola subsequent to a request made by the Deputy Superintendent of Police. It was alleged that the Petitioner had forcibly taken away the keys of a...

'Academic Evaluation & Examinations Cannot Outweigh Lives Of Students': DU Law Student Writes To Delhi HC CJ Against MHA Order Permitting Conduct Of University Exams [Read Letter]

A law student from the Delhi University has addressed a letter to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Justice DN Patel, highlighting the plight of students in view of the Government ordered directing Universities to compulsorily conduct examination of final year students. Stressing upon the impracticability of conducting online and/ or offline examinations in a developing...